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The table below looks at the demand for Stress Testing skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Stress Testing over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStress Testing
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank180192
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.593 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted130
Average minimum daily rate£462-
Average daily rate£508-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£554-
UK excluding London average daily rate£453£444
% change on same period last year+2.11 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£37.00
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads43883572
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.178 %3.610 %
Daily rates quoted25451503
Average minimum daily rate£419£440
Average daily rate£459£470
% change on same period last year-2.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£498£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted8694
Average minimum hourly rate£24.22£23.36
Average hourly rate£25.84£25.31
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.47£27.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Stress Testing LondonStress Testing
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Stress Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Stress Testing across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Stress Testing Demand Trend

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Stress Testing across the City of London region.

City of London Stress Testing Daily Rate Trend

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Stress Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Stress Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Stress Testing across the City of London region.

City of London Stress Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Stress Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Stress Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Stress Testing.

132 (66.67 %)Market Risk
225 (52.08 %)Finance
324 (50.00 %)Credit Risk
423 (47.92 %)Banking
522 (45.83 %)Investment Banking
618 (37.50 %)Risk Management
717 (35.42 %)VBA
814 (29.17 %)Validation
814 (29.17 %)User Acceptance Testing
912 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
1011 (22.92 %)Derivative
1110 (20.83 %)Credit Derivative
1110 (20.83 %)Statistical Analysis
128 (16.67 %)TestDirector
137 (14.58 %)Algorithmics
137 (14.58 %)Sybase
146 (12.50 %)Degree
146 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
155 (10.42 %)Monte Carlo Method
155 (10.42 %)SQL
164 (8.333 %)BT
164 (8.333 %)C#
164 (8.333 %)C++
164 (8.333 %)Penetration Testing
173 (6.250 %)Asset Management
173 (6.250 %)Economics
173 (6.250 %)Equities
173 (6.250 %)Greeks
173 (6.250 %)Oracle
173 (6.250 %)ASP

Stress Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Stress Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Stress Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (6.250 %)ASP
13 (6.250 %)SOAP
21 (2.083 %)XML
21 (2.083 %)XSLT
21 (2.083 %)CORBA
21 (2.083 %)JMS
21 (2.083 %)Hibernate
21 (2.083 %)Spring
21 (2.083 %)WCF
21 (2.083 %)HTML
21 (2.083 %).NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.083 %)Tomcat
11 (2.083 %)Mule
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.167 %)MS Office
21 (2.083 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.167 %)FTP
12 (4.167 %)HTTP
12 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
12 (4.167 %)SSL
12 (4.167 %)DMZ
12 (4.167 %)Firewall
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (4.167 %)RDBMS
21 (2.083 %)BusinessObjects
21 (2.083 %)Sybase IQ
21 (2.083 %)Sybase ASE
21 (2.083 %)BusinessObjects XI
21 (2.083 %)SQL Server
21 (2.083 %)Datawarehouse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (16.67 %)TestDirector
23 (6.250 %)LoadRunner
32 (4.167 %)NUnit
32 (4.167 %)QuickTest Pro
32 (4.167 %)WinRunner
41 (2.083 %)JUnit
41 (2.083 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (2.083 %)CruiseControl
41 (2.083 %)Subversion
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (52.08 %)Finance
223 (47.92 %)Banking
322 (45.83 %)Investment Banking
42 (4.167 %)Front Office
51 (2.083 %)Pensions
51 (2.083 %)Retail Banking
51 (2.083 %)Retail
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
142 (87.50 %)Analyst
222 (45.83 %)Market Risk Analyst
222 (45.83 %)Risk Analyst
318 (37.50 %)Market Analyst
318 (37.50 %)Business Analyst
48 (16.67 %)Test Analyst
48 (16.67 %)Market Risk Business Analyst
56 (12.50 %)Credit Risk Analyst
65 (10.42 %)Developer
65 (10.42 %)Credit Risk Business Analyst
73 (6.250 %)Credit Analyst
82 (4.167 %)Technical Test Analyst
82 (4.167 %)Senior Analyst
82 (4.167 %)C++ Developer
82 (4.167 %)Technical Analyst
82 (4.167 %)Senior Test Analyst
91 (2.083 %)SQL Developer
91 (2.083 %)SQL Server Developer
91 (2.083 %)Java Analyst Programmer
91 (2.083 %)C# Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (66.67 %)Market Risk
224 (50.00 %)Credit Risk
311 (22.92 %)Derivative
410 (20.83 %)Credit Derivative
53 (6.250 %)Economics
53 (6.250 %)Fixed Income
53 (6.250 %)Equities
62 (4.167 %)PKI
62 (4.167 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (2.083 %)Mathematics
71 (2.083 %)Multithreading
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (6.250 %)UNIX
22 (4.167 %)Linux
31 (2.083 %)SUSE
31 (2.083 %)Windows
31 (2.083 %)AIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (37.50 %)Risk Management
214 (29.17 %)Validation
214 (29.17 %)User Acceptance Testing
312 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
410 (20.83 %)Statistical Analysis
56 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
65 (10.42 %)Monte Carlo Method
74 (8.333 %)Penetration Testing
83 (6.250 %)UML
83 (6.250 %)OOA/OOD
83 (6.250 %)Data Modelling
83 (6.250 %)Greeks
83 (6.250 %)Asset Management
92 (4.167 %)Release Management
92 (4.167 %)Integration Testing
92 (4.167 %)B2B
92 (4.167 %)Configuration Management
92 (4.167 %)Change Management
92 (4.167 %)Data Analysis
92 (4.167 %)Scrum
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (35.42 %)VBA
25 (10.42 %)SQL
34 (8.333 %)C#
34 (8.333 %)C++
42 (4.167 %)VB
51 (2.083 %)Jython
51 (2.083 %)Java
51 (2.083 %)Perl
51 (2.083 %)PL/SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (12.50 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (6.250 %)Basel II
22 (4.167 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (14.58 %)Sybase
17 (14.58 %)Algorithmics
24 (8.333 %)BT
33 (6.250 %)Oracle
41 (2.083 %)Business Objects
41 (2.083 %)TIBCO
41 (2.083 %)Bloomberg